The Irishman - Goodfellas meets the Uncanny Valley

[millais]

I heard an interview on the radio where he said he didn't make any special effort to change his body language or acting movements in the "digitally de-aged" scenes. Though I guess it was not so jarring an effect that suspension of disbelief didn't hold up.

 

[Gordon Cole]

I heard an interview on the radio where he said he didn't make any special effort to change his body language or acting movements in the "digitally de-aged" scenes. Though I guess it was not so jarring an effect that suspension of disbelief didn't hold up.

I could see why they did that in how people remember themselves less as the actual younger versions of themselves, but who they are as older adults meshed together with how they saw themselves when they were young.

 

[millais]

I could see why they did that in how people remember themselves less as the actual younger versions of themselves, but who they are as older adults meshed together with how they saw themselves when they were young.

Yeah, I think he justified it with a similar rationale in the interview. He said something like he had a single mental conception of the character regardless of the age.

 

[Megaroad 2012]

Watched it today. Nice cozy film and even with its Shakespearean length, I would of been fine if it was another hour long.

De Niro, Romano, Pacino and especially Pesci hit it out of the park.

I didn't know much going into it so I didn't know that they deaged the actors. Figured it was some make up or prosthetics. Didn't think much of it.

Casino's still reigns supreme for me, but it was nice to watch an honest to God movie that was from a place of passion and isn't part of some soulless retarded comic book universe.

 

[Argh My Cigar]

Watched it today. Nice cozy film and even with its Shakespearean length, I would of been fine if it was another hour long.

De Niro, Romano, Pacino and especially Pesci hit it out of the park.

I didn't know much going into it so I didn't know that they deaged the actors. Figured it was some make up or prosthetics. Didn't think much of it.

Casino's still reigns supreme for me, but it was nice to watch an honest to God movie that was from a place of passion and isn't part of some soulless exceptional comic book universe.

There was something really poignant about it. Most of Scorsese’s mobster flicks usually only cover the lives of these guys until the moment of their incarceration, but we see Frank’s life all the way through his old age, and just how miserable and insignificant his life has become despite technically doing everything “the right way” within the mob. He doesn’t die in prison, is able to afford a room to himself in a pretty high-end nursing home (those don’t come cheap) and ultimately got away with an extremely high profile criminal investigation. Yet all of his friends and associates are long gone, and the Mafia itself has lost so much of it’s power and influence that they might as well be completely dead at that point compared to how they influenced US history during the 60s.

Basically this is Scorsese tying up all the loose ends of his involvement with the genre, and even makes reference to every single major event that occurred in Goodfellas/Casino/Mean Streets in some form within the Irishman. Really annoyed neither Pacino or Pesci won best supporting actor.

 

[PrussiansMarchingOn1819]

I saw a few scene I always thought Jack Nicholson played a decent Jimmy Hoffa and kind of look like him.

 

[6thRanger]

I just watched it. Outside of the length, I was impressed. I didn't see any trailers or read any reviews prior so I was fresh. I ultimately found it very well done. The only element I wasn't sold on was the Peggy angle. He had 4 daughters. Why is Peggy so prominent to both Hoffa and our protagonist? I get why on-screen, but IRL I just can't see it. I also would have liked to SEE more of this family side and how they felt/responded instead of lots of bullshit that was in the film unnecessarily. Ultimately, it could have been great, but was just okay due to run time and a scattered focus.